Govt-2306-316 Review Paper 3 Taxation System in Texas Ad Valorem property tax is defined by Texas Politics Today as “a tax assessed according to value‚ such as the tax on real property and personal property”. The textbook further adds “most local government in Texas primarily tax real property”. Encyclopedia Britannica of Economic provides another view of Ad Valorem tax‚ as it is defined as “any tax imposed on the basis of the monetary value of the taxed item‚ physical units such as gallons‚ pounds
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The weaknesses of the Ontological Argument give support to Atheism. Discuss this claim (12 marks) Anselm’s ontological argument described in part (a)‚ was refuted in his own lifetime‚ by Gaunilo‚ who demonstrated in a reduction ad absurdum of his own‚ that if the logic of the argument were applied to things other than God‚ it led to invalid conclusions. Gaunilo didn’t identify any specific fault with the argument‚ but argued that something must be wrong with it‚ because if there wasn’t anything
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(A) Explain how Descartes developed Anselm’s argument that God’s existence is necessary. Anselm used the Ontological Argument to prove that God’s existence is necessary. The origins of this argument are found in Anselm’s writings‚ he began with a quotation from a Psalm “The fool says in his heart‚ ‘there is no God’…” and then reflected on the truthfulness of this. Anselm defined God as ‘that than which nothing greater can be conceived’ assuming you accept this a priori definition Anselm went on
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Rogerian Assignment Since this assignment was not posted until today‚ I’ve revised the due date of the rough draft to allow you a full week to compose it. The revised due date should still allow you enough time to review your group members’ papers. Rough Draft Due (needs to be in your peer group members’ inboxes): March 29 Peer Feedback Due for Peer Feedback Sessions: April 2 Final Draft Due: April 9 Write a four page paper in which you use Rogerian argumentation to address one of
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in which the design argument provides evidence for the existence of God The design argument is an explanation used by theists to prove the existence of God. It is also called the teleological argument. The word teleological comes from the Greek word teleos which means ‘end’ or ‘purpose’. The argument uses observation of the natural world to provide evidence of design and uses this evidence to back up the existence of God as what has been designed needs a designer. As the argument uses evidence to confirm
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Examine the main strengths of the cosmological argument for the existence of God (21 marks) The main question the cosmological argument ponders thought on is ‘Why is there a universe at all?’ The cosmological argument asks the scientific question behind the universe as the design argument asks an emotional one. One of the main strengths of the cosmological argument was brought forward again recently by William Lane Craig. The argument tries to say that the world couldn’t have just occurred‚ there
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Amanuel Abebe EN 102 Professor: Leblanc Date: 3/12/2015 No limitations on Freedom of Speech In the wake of the attack on the mocking magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris that left 12 people dead‚ in revenge for its drawings of the Prophet Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo’s newest illustration of the prophet Muhammad was the main reason why the people attacked Charlie Hebdo. In the past the magazine issued a series where it showed Muhammad being beheaded by a member of the Islamic State. In the midst of the
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provided typical backing after which he covered most of the possible rebuttals of the pro-infanticide and ended up with some qualifiers a strategy that made his arguments clear and well-supported. However‚ he provided weak counter arguments which affects his credibility. Overall‚ he used definitional argument in addition to ethical evaluation argument which was suitable to the presented topic. Well aware of the topic the writer was‚ he represented some fallacious logos Ideas that can be read between the
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The Argument from Religious Experience The argument from religious experience is the argument that personal religious experiences can prove God’s existence to those that have them. One can only perceive that which exists‚ and so God must exist because there are those that have experienced him. While religious experiences themselves can only constitute direct evidence of God’s existence for those fortunate enough to have them‚ the fact that there are many people who testify to having had such experiences
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Examine some of the key principles of the argument for the existence of God based upon religious experiences Religious experiences are experiences we have of the divine or God. These experiences may be Mystical experiences‚ conversion experiences or revelatory experiences. Paul Tillich states that religious experience is a feeling of ‘ultimate concern’‚ a feeling that demands a decisive decision from the one receiving it. He describes it as an encounter followed by a special understanding of its
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